Excellent report. Possibly 30 years ago now, Republican Harold Bailey of Hyde Park lost in the race for Lamoille seat in the Vermont Senate to Susan Bartlett, also of Hyde Park. The official count was roughly 100 vote margin for Bartlett. Bailey requested a recount. The Lamoille Democrats mounted a letter writing campaign painting a recount as unnecessary waste of time and money. The recount did not change the result from the official Canvass by much -- but as the first county-wide recount in nearly 50 years, exposed more than a dozen serious deficiencies in how towns, town clerks, and officers of the Court handled, managed, stored and transported ballots. In the next legislature, a committee bill to improve the physical handling of ballots passed nearly unanimously . One substantial cash outlay was for uniform secure duffel bags to hold the ballots for the one year period required post election: we got ballots in pillowcases, grocery bags, and cast-off postals pouches with holes in them.
There is (and will never be) evidence of widespread voter fraud in Vermont. Nothing to see here.
Excellent report. Possibly 30 years ago now, Republican Harold Bailey of Hyde Park lost in the race for Lamoille seat in the Vermont Senate to Susan Bartlett, also of Hyde Park. The official count was roughly 100 vote margin for Bartlett. Bailey requested a recount. The Lamoille Democrats mounted a letter writing campaign painting a recount as unnecessary waste of time and money. The recount did not change the result from the official Canvass by much -- but as the first county-wide recount in nearly 50 years, exposed more than a dozen serious deficiencies in how towns, town clerks, and officers of the Court handled, managed, stored and transported ballots. In the next legislature, a committee bill to improve the physical handling of ballots passed nearly unanimously . One substantial cash outlay was for uniform secure duffel bags to hold the ballots for the one year period required post election: we got ballots in pillowcases, grocery bags, and cast-off postals pouches with holes in them.